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0. H. RUSSELL. BREAST STRAP FOR HARNESS.

Patented Dec. 25, 1894.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. RUSSELL, OF ENNIS, TEXAS.

BREAST-STRAP FOR. HARN ESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,569, dated December25,1894.

Application filed September 5, 1893. Serial No. 484,866. (No model.)

.To on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ennis, in the county of Ellis and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Breast-Strap for Harness, of which thefollowing is a speci fication. I

My invention relates to improvements in harness; and has specialreference to that part thereof termed the breast-strap.

The objects of the invention are to produce a breast-strap soconstructed as to obviate pressure on the windpipe of the horse and totransfer such pressure to the shoulders; to obviate chafing or rubbingof the breast-strap upon the shoulders, and to permit them to movefreely in advance of each other as a result of the movements of thehorse. a

With these and other objects of the invention in view the same consistsin certain features of construction hereinafter specified, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings:'Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portionof a breast. strap embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection thereof; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse sectional view throughthe breaststrap and its connection with the arch.

Like numerals of reference indicatelike parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

The breast-strap 1, is constructed in a single piece, that is, iscapable of extending entirely across and t0 the opposite sides of theanimal. At points at each side of its center, the strap isprovidedat'its inner side with pads 2 designed to bear against the shoulders ofthe horse. Opposite these pads and to the exterior of the breast strapleatherloops 3, are provided and each leather loop is connected to theperforated end 4 of a U-shaped arch 5, by-means of a pin or pintle '6passing downwardly through the leather loop and the eyes or perforationsof the arch.

lying between the ends of the arch takes within the arch thus forming aloop7 which, when the strap is in position, holds aloof fromthe'wind-pipe of the animal and avoids any shortness of breath thatmight otherwise oc cur as' a result of pressure by the breast-strap. Itwill furthermore be seen that by reason of the surplus of material atthis point there is a loose movement, hinge-like in its nature betweenthe arch and strap, and that, inasmuch as the strap and arch areconnected in ,the manner shown, no reciprocation or transverse movementof the strap against the breast of the animal can take place.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- As an improved articleof manufacture, a breast-collar comprising a continuous strap, arched infront toextend around and fit the horses neck and provided with pads onits inner side in rear of the arched portion, loops or'clips on theexterior surface of the strap adjacent to the front ends of the pads,and an arched metal tree with vertical holes through its ends, and lyingimmediately adjacent to the strap and connected by vertical pivots withthe loops or clips, substantially as dedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in .the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

A. H. DUNKERLEY, CHAS. M. LATIMEE.

